Each doctoral research project carried out under the auspices of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain will be supervised by two experienced advisors. Since mind/brain projects must be inherently interdisciplinary, one of these advisors will typically have a “mind” background and the other one a “brain” background.

Acceptance into the School thus presupposes that each doctoral project is supported by the two supervisors. Usually the matching between students and their reseach projects and suitable supervisors will have been completed by the end of the admission process. At least one of the supervisors, preferably both, should be a member of the School’s faculty.

Before applying or during the admission process students should either contact members of the School’s faculty directly to enquire about the possibility of supervision or turn to the management of the school for advice on how to find a suitable supervisor.

For each doctoral student a supervision and training agreement between the doctoral student and the graduate School, represented by the two thesis supervisors and one of the academic directors of the School, will be drawn up (Betreuungsvereinbarung).

Betreuungsvereinbarung (supervision agreeement in German)
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Supervision agreement (English translation of Betreuungsvereinbarung) (pdf 22 kb)

Whenever possible, students will be integrated into research groups organized around a specific project and supervised by group leaders. As members of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, they will also be part of a larger peer group or doctoral students. This forum will allow them to discuss their ideas, present their findings, explore further lines of investigation as well as stimulate interdisciplinary discussion.